Digitally Weary Users Switch to ‘Dumb’ Phones and Save Money

Personal finance bloggers often explain that one of the easiest way to save money is to minimize the cost of cellphone plan and device. Now there’s a trend for digitally weary users to switch back to simple phone. Daniel Thomas writes on Financial Times: “In January, British actor Eddie Redmayne made headlines around the world as he became the latest in a growing band of smartphone refuseniks. ‘It was a reaction against being glued permanently to my iPhone during waking hours,’ he explained, turning instead to an old-fashioned dumb phone handset that could only make and take calls. He is not alone. There is a small but busy market for phones that are simple and cheap at a time when smartphones are becoming ever more complex and expensive.” (ft.com)